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BASC issues warning to Minister ahead of final Grouse Bill debate

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has issued a letter to Jim Fairlie, Scotland’s Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, urging for further amendments to be made at the final stage of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill. It comes as the Bill nears the final stage of a debate on March 19… Read more »

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What are the natural capital benefits of shooting?

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has published its inaugural assessment of the Natural Capital benefits of shooting. Natural Capital can be defined as the sum of financial and social benefits we get from our natural environment. This concept has increasingly shaped both international and national environmental policies and is at the core… Read more »

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Making affordable housing affordable

Andrew Stunell, the Liberal Democrat communities and local government spokesman, suggests innovative ways in which the government could increase the housing supply, including bringing empty homes back into use, converting commercial property and selling-off community land. The housing sector is in crisis, with the basic product in short supply and costly, its viability threatened by… Read more »

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Affordable housing

With rising house prices and a shortage of well-priced properties, affordable housing has rapidly changed from a social to political issue. In his first statement as prime minister, Gordon Brown said he would make affordable housing a priority, alongside standard New Labour commitments. Mr Brown pledged to build three million new homes by 2020, including… Read more »